Playoff Preview: The Scorpions (8-4-1) vs. TD Waterhouse Warriors (9-2-3)

Playoff History: None.

2010 Regular Season: Week 1: Scorpions 12 @ Warriors 15
Week 8: Warriors 6 @ Scorpions 12

Scorpions Notes: For the first time since the WSL adopted an eight-team format six years ago, the Scorpions have qualified for the playoffs. Their road to eventual playoff qualification is not unlike that taken by the Wildcards, whom they shared residence with in the WSL basement five years ago. They have not undergone dramatic changes or made knee-jerk reactions when things didn’t go as planned. Instead, they built from within, developing their young core whilst slowly adding small pieces to the puzzle along the way.

The entire team is ecstatic, and yet, according to SS Brent Graham, they want more.

“We’re happy to be here, it’s new territory for all of us so there’s that level of excitement. But we’re not satisfied. We’ve hung tough against the toughest teams in the league, and we feel we belong here. If we can play like we know we can, winning it all isn’t out of the question.”

TD Waterhouse Warriors Notes: Three years since their last championship victory, the Warriors enter the postseason full of confidence. Fresh off a convincing victory over the first-place Wildcards, the Warriors square off against the Scorpions whom they split the season series with.

Team captain Kim Ploplovlich says her team is ready to show that the Scorpions’ first win was a fluke.

“Not to take anything away from them, but we weren’t all there that night. They were on their A-game, we were having our worst game of the season. After last week (beating the Wildcards), , we’re all feeling good about ourselves and we know that we can win it all this year.”